NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Note
1 – Organization, Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Norris
Industries, Inc. (“NRIS” or the “Company”) (formerly International Western Petroleum, Inc.), was incorporated
on February 19, 2014, as a Nevada corporation. The Company was formed to conduct operations in the oil and gas industry. The Company’s
principal operating properties are in the Ellenberger formation in Coleman County, and in Jack County and Palo-Pinto County. Texas.
The Company’s production operations are all located in the State of Texas.
On
April 25, 2018, the Company incorporated a Texas registered subsidiary, Norris Petroleum, Inc., as an operating entity.
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”),
and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s annual
report filed with the SEC on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2019. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting
of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations for the
interim periods presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative
of the results to be expected for the full year. The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. All significant
inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Liquidity
and Capital Considerations
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern,
which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business for the twelve-month
period following the issuance date of these consolidated financial statements.
The
Company has incurred continuing losses since 2016, including a loss of approximately $922,000 for the fiscal year ended February
28, 2019. During the six months ended August 31, 2019, the Company received $300,000 in funding from its credit line and incurred
cash losses of approximately $354,000 from its operating activities. As of August 31, 2019, the Company had $400,000 available
to borrow under its existing credit line with JBB Partners, Inc. (“JBB”), an affiliate of the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer. The Company’s credit line with JBB was increased by $500,000 subsequent to quarter-end, providing for
$900,000 available to borrow. In addition, in June 2019, the Company secured a separate term loan of $250,000 from JBB to purchase
full ownership of the Marshall-Walden oil and gas property. As of August 31, 2019, the Company had a cash balance of approximately
$82,000 and negative working capital of approximately $53,000.
The Company’s principal capital and
exploration expenditures during next fiscal year are expected to relate to selected well workovers on its Jack County and Palo
Pinto County acreages. The Company believes that it has the ability to fund its costs for such expenditures from cash on-hand
and available funds from its line of credit. The Company believes that it has sufficient in-place financing to fund its expected
operational losses and obligations for the twelve months following the issuance of these financial statements.
In
the event that the Company requires additional capital to fund higher operational losses or oil and gas property lease purchases
for fiscal year ending February 29, 2020, the Company expects to seek additional capital from one or more sources via restricted
private placement sales of equity and debt securities from those other than JBB. However, there can be no assurance that the Company
would be able to secure the necessary capital to fund its costs on acceptable terms, or at all. If, for any reason, the Company
is unable to fund its operations, it would have to undertake other aggressive cost cutting measures and then be subject to possible
loss of some of its rights and interests in prospects to curtail operations and forced to forego opportunities or in worst case,
cease operations.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expense
during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Risks
and Uncertainties
The
Company’s operations are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including financial, operational, technological,
and other risks associated with operating an emerging business, including the potential risk of business failure.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of the year or less to be cash equivalents.
The Company has not experienced any losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents.
Oil
and Gas Properties, Full Cost Method
The
Company follows the full cost method of accounting for its oil gas properties, whereby all costs incurred in connection with the
acquisition, exploration for and development of petroleum and natural gas reserves are capitalized. Such costs include lease acquisition,
geological and geophysical activities, rentals on non-producing leases, drilling, completing and equipping of oil wells and administrative
costs directly attributable to those activities and asset retirement costs. Disposition of oil properties are accounted for as
a reduction of capitalized costs, with no gain or loss recognized unless such adjustment would significantly alter the relationship
between capital costs and proved reserves of oil and gas, in which case the gain or loss is recognized in the statement of operations.
Depletion
and depreciation of proved oil properties are calculated on the units-of-production method based upon estimates of proved reserves.
Such calculations include the estimated future costs to develop proved reserves. Costs of unproved properties are not included
in the costs subject to depletion. These costs are assessed periodically for impairment.
At
the end of each quarter, the unamortized cost of oil and gas properties, net of related deferred income taxes, is limited to the
sum of the estimated future after-tax net revenues from proved properties, after giving effect to cash flow hedge positions, discounted
at 10%, and the lower of cost or fair value of unproved properties, adjusted for related income tax effects. Costs in excess of
the present value of estimated future net revenues are charged to impairment expense. This limitation is known as the “ceiling
test,” and is based on SEC rules for the full cost oil and gas accounting method.
The
Company capitalizes pre-acquisition costs directly identifiable with specific properties when the acquisition of such properties
is probable. Capitalized pre-acquisition costs are presented in other assets on the balance sheet.
Equipment
Equipment
is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Renewals and betterments
which extend the life or improve existing equipment are capitalized. Upon disposition or retirement of equipment, the cost and
related accumulated depreciation are removed, and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in operations. Depreciation is provided
using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are 3 to 10 years.
Income
Taxes
Income
taxes are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic No. 740. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized
for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets
and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected
to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect
on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment
date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized.
Revenue
Recognition
ASU
2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)”, supersedes the revenue recognition requirements
and industry-specific guidance under Revenue Recognition (Topic 605). Topic 606 requires an entity to recognize revenue
when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the entity expects to be
entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The Company adopted Topic 606 on March 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective
method applied to contracts that were not completed as of March 1, 2018. Under the modified retrospective method, prior period
financial positions and results were not adjusted. The cumulative effect adjustment recognized in the opening balances included
no significant changes as a result of this adoption.
The
Company’s revenue is comprised entirely of revenue from exploration and production activities. The Company’s oil is
sold primarily to wholesalers and others that sell product to end use customers. Natural gas is sold primarily to interstate and
intrastate natural-gas pipelines, various end-users, local distribution companies, and natural-gas marketers. NGLs are sold primarily
to various end-users. Payment is generally received from the customer in the month following delivery.
Contracts
with customers have varying terms, including spot sales or month-to-month contracts, or contracts with a finite term, where the
production from a well or group of wells is sold to one or more customers. The Company recognizes sales revenues for oil, natural
gas, and NGLs based on the amount of each product sold to a customer when control transfers to the customer. Generally, control
transfers at the time of delivery to the customer at a pipeline interconnect, the tailgate of a processing facility, or as a tanker
lifting is completed. Revenue is measured based on the contract price, which may be index-based or fixed, and may include adjustments
for market differentials and downstream costs incurred by the customer, including gathering, transportation, and fuel costs.
Revenues
are recognized for the sale of the Company’s net share of production volumes. Sales on behalf of other working interest
owners and royalty interest owners are not recognized as revenues. The Company does not hedge nor forward sell any of its current
production via derivative financial contracts.
Share-based
Compensation
The
Company estimates the fair value of each share-based compensation award at the grant date by using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model. The fair value determined represents the cost for the award and is recognized over the vesting period during which an employee
is required to provide service in exchange for the award. Share-based compensation expense is recognized based on awards ultimately
expected to vest. Excess tax benefits, if any, are recognized as an addition to paid-in capital.
Net
Loss per Common Share
Basic
net loss per common share amounts are computed by dividing the net loss available to the Company’s shareholders by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding over the reporting period. In periods in which the Company reports a net loss, dilutive
securities are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive. The following
table summarizes the common stock equivalents excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per since the inclusion of these
shares would be anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018:
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
Stock options
|
|
|
1,440,000
|
|
|
|
1,440,000
|
|
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
|
66,666,667
|
|
|
|
66,666,667
|
|
Convertible debt
|
|
|
12,000,000
|
|
|
|
7,750,000
|
|
Total common shares to be issued
|
|
|
80,106,667
|
|
|
|
75,856,667
|
|
Concentrations
of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk include cash deposits placed with financial
institutions. The Company maintains its cash in bank accounts which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits as guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). At August 31, 2019, none of the Company’s cash balances
were uninsured. The Company has not experienced any losses on such accounts.
Recent
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Leases
In
February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)”.
The new lease guidance supersedes Topic 840. The core principle of the guidance is that entities should recognize the assets and
liabilities that arise from leases. Topic 840 does not apply to leases to explore for or use minerals, oil, natural gas and similar
non-regenerative resources, including the intangible right to explore for those natural resources and rights to use the land in
which those natural resources are contained. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-11, “Leases (Topic 842): Targeted
Improvements”, which provides entities with an alternative modified transition method to elect not to recast the comparative
periods presented when adopting Topic 842. The Company adopted Topic 842 as of March 1, 2019, using the alternative modified transition
method, for which, comparative periods, including the disclosures related to those periods, are not restated. In addition, the
Company elected practical expedients provided by the new standard whereby, the Company has elected to not reassess its prior conclusions
about lease identification, lease classification, and initial direct costs and to retain off-balance sheet treatment of short-term
leases (i.e., 12 months or less and does not contain a purchase option that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise). As
a result of the short-term expedient election, the Company has no leases that require the recording of a net lease asset and lease
liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet or have a material impact on consolidated earnings or cash flows as
of August 31, 2019. Moving forward, the Company will evaluate any new lease commitments for application of Topic 842.
Compensation-Stock
Compensation
In
June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee
Share-Based Payment Accounting”. The amendments in this update maintain or improve the usefulness of the information
provided to the users of financial statements while reducing cost and complexity in financial reporting. The areas for simplification
in this update involve several aspects of the accounting for nonemployee share-based payment transactions resulting from expanding
the scope of Topic 718, to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. Some of
the areas for simplification apply only to nonpublic entities. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted the standard
as of March 1, 2019. There was no impact of the standard on its consolidated financial statements.
Recent
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In
June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit
Losses on Financial Instruments. The standard replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. GAAP with
a methodology that reflects expected credit losses on instruments within its scope, including trade receivables. This update is
intended to provide financial statement users with more decision-useful information about the expected credit losses. The effective
date of ASU No. 2016-13 will be the first quarter of the Company’s fiscal 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company
is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU No. 2016-13 on its consolidated financial statements.
The
Company does not expect the adoption of any other recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a significant impact on its
financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Subsequent
Events
The
Company has evaluated all transactions through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued for subsequent event
disclosure consideration.
Note
2 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Exploration
and Production
There
were no significant changes to the timing or valuation of revenue recognized for sales of production from exploration and production
activities.
Disaggregation
of Revenue from Contracts with Customers
The
following table disaggregates revenue by significant product type for the three and six months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018:
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended August 31,
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
Oil sales
|
|
$
|
124,434
|
|
|
$
|
57,755
|
|
|
$
|
223,363
|
|
|
$
|
127,830
|
|
Natural gas sales
|
|
|
24,311
|
|
|
|
90,136
|
|
|
|
44,741
|
|
|
|
146,133
|
|
Natural gas liquids sales
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
148,745
|
|
|
$
|
147,891
|
|
|
$
|
268,104
|
|
|
$
|
273,963
|
|
There
were no significant contract liabilities or transaction price allocations to any remaining performance obligations as of August
31, 2019 and February 28, 2019.
Note
3 – Oil and Gas Properties
The
following table summarizes the Company’s oil and gas activities by classification for the six months ended August 31, 2019:
|
|
February 28, 2019
|
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
Change in
Estimates
|
|
|
August 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil and gas properties, subject to depletion
|
|
$
|
2,646,878
|
|
|
$
|
250,000
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
2,896,878
|
|
Asset retirement costs
|
|
|
69,224
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(8,343
|
)
|
|
|
60,881
|
|
Accumulated depletion
|
|
|
(259,292
|
)
|
|
|
(78,920
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(338,212
|
)
|
Total oil and gas assets
|
|
$
|
2,456,810
|
|
|
$
|
171,080
|
|
|
$
|
(8,343
|
)
|
|
$
|
2,619,547
|
|
In
June 2019, the Company acquired the remaining working interest in the Marshall Walden oil and gas property from Odyssey Enterprises
LLC for $250,000.
The
depletion recorded for production on proved properties for the six months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018, amounted to $78,920
and $27,996, respectively. The depletion recorded for production on proved properties for the three months ended August 31, 2019
and 2018, amounted to $43,320 and $13,966, respectively. During the three and six months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018, there
were no ceiling test write-downs of the Company’s oil and gas properties.
Note
4 – Asset Retirement Obligations
The
following table summarizes the change in the Company’s asset retirement obligations during the six months ended August 31,
2019:
Asset retirement obligations as of February 28, 2019
|
|
$
|
92,850
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
-
|
|
Current year revision of previous estimates
|
|
|
(8,343
|
)
|
Accretion during the six months ended May 31, 2019
|
|
|
1,227
|
|
Asset retirement obligations as of May 31, 2019
|
|
$
|
85,734
|
|
During
the six months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized accretion expense of $1,227 and $11,907, respectively. During
the three months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized accretion expense of $1,171 and $2,102, respectively.
Note
5 – Related Party Transactions
Promissory
Note to JBB
On
December 28, 2017, the Company borrowed $1,550,000 from JBB to complete the purchases of a series of oil and gas leases. The loan
has an interest rate of 3% per annum, a maturity date of December 28, 2018 and is secured by all assets of the Company. The loan
is convertible to the Company’s common stock at the conversion rate of $0.20 per share.
On
June 26, 2018, the Company and JBB entered into a modification of the existing loan, to add provisions to permit the Company to
obtain additional advances under the Loan Note up to a maximum of $1,000,000. The Company may request an advance in increments
of $100,000 no more frequently than every 30 days, provided that (i) it provides a description of the use of proceeds for the
advance reasonably acceptable to JBB, and (ii) the Company is not otherwise in default of the Loan Note. The original loan amount
and the advances are secured by all the assets of the Company and are convertible into common stock of the Company at the rate
of $0.20 per share, subject to adjustment for any reverse and forward stock splits. The Loan Note may be repaid at any time, without
penalty, however, any advance that is repaid before maturity may not be re-borrowed as a further advance.
On
October 11, 2018, the Company entered into an amendment of its promissory note to JBB to extend the maturity date to December
31, 2019. On May 21, 2019, the Company entered into an extension agreement with JBB to extend the maturity of its outstanding
promissory note to September 30, 2020.
On
October 1, 2019, the Company entered into another amendment of its promissory with JBB to increase the borrowing capacity of the
line of credit by an additional $500,000, for a total of $1,500,000, and extend the maturity date for the original note
and line of credit to December 31, 2020.
During
the six months ended August 31, 2019, JBB advanced $300,000 to fund the Company’s operations.
On
June 13, 2019, JBB lent the Company $250,000 under a secured promissory note. The funds were used to acquire the remaining working
interest in the Marshall Walden oil and gas property from Odyssey Enterprises LLC. The loan has an interest rate of 5% per annum,
a maturity date of June 30, 2022, and is secured by all assets of the Company. The loan is convertible into the Company’s
common stock at a conversion rate of $0.20 per share.
The
Company recognized interest expense of $32,927 and $23,729 for the six months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively and
recognized interest expense of $18,412 and $12,008 for the three months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively As of August
31, 2019, and February 28, 2019, there was $2,400,000 and $1,850,000, respectively, outstanding under notes payable to JBB.
Equipment
Sale
During
the six months ended August 31, 2019, the Company sold one used vehicle, a work truck, for proceeds $10,000 to affiliate operator
of IWO. As a result of this sale, the Company recognized a gain on sale of equipment on its statement of operations of $2,254.
Note
6 – Commitments and Contingencies
Office
Lease
Change
in Accounting Policy – The Company adopted ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” and ASU No. 2018-11,
“Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements”, March 1, 2019, using the alternative modified transition method,
for which, comparative periods, including the disclosures related to those periods, are not restated as of March 1, 2019. Refer
to Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies above for additional information.
As
of September 1, 2018, the Company moved to the offices of International Western Oil Corp. (“IWO”), a related party,
in Weatherford, TX that is being rented on a month-to-month sublease basis at rate of $950 per month from IWO. During the three
and six months ended August 31, 2019, the Company incurred $2,850 and $5,700, respectively, of rent expense under this lease that
is included in general and administrative expenses on the statement of operations.
Leasehold
Drilling Commitments
The
Company’s oil and gas leasehold acreage is subject to expiration of leases if the Company does not drill and hold such acreage
by production or otherwise exercises options to extend such leases, if available, in exchange for payment of additional cash consideration.
In the King County, Texas lease acreage, 640 acres are due to expire in June 2021. The Company plans to hold significantly all
of this acreage through a program of drilling and completing producing wells. Where the Company is not able to drill and complete
a well before lease expiration, the Company may seek to extend leases where it is able.
Note
7 – Equity Transactions
During
the year ended February 28, 2018, the Company granted two of its officers options to purchase a total of 1,440,000 shares the
Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $0.01 per share, a term of 3 years until August 3, 2020, and a vesting
period of 2 years. The options had an aggregate fair value of $431,956 that was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model. Variables used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model include: (1) discount rate of 1.34%; (2) expected life of 2 years;
(3) expected volatility of 482.51%; and (4) zero expected dividends.
The
fair value of all options issued and outstanding is being amortized over their respective vesting periods. These options had an
intrinsic value of $126,720 as of August 31, 2019. During the three and six months ended August 31, 2019, the Company recorded
total option expense of $35,956 and $89,956, respectively, related to the vesting of these options. As of August 31, 2019, these
options were fully vested.